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Ephemera. Zustand: Good. Small group of World War I ephemera, presumably belonged to Corporal Oscar R. Clever (2275736) 316th Supply Train, including: "War Diary" of the 316th Supply Train, Ninety-First Division, A.E.F. The typed diary is bound by 2 metal clasps at top. The paper has 2 horizontal folds and is lightly toned and foxed. Soiling and darkening to the blank verso of the last page. Two loose paper remnants with the heading on one piece "Citations received by Ninety-First Division and Diary of 316th Supply Train, 91st Division, From September 25, 1917, to January 1, 1919". From the first paragraph "The 316th Supply Train, composed mainly of men from the Western and Northwestern States, was organized at Camp Lewis, Washington, in the latter part of September 1917.". The diary chronicles the early formation of the outfit; training; transportation from Camp Lewis, Washington to Long Island, New York; arrival in Liverpool, England July 26th, 1918; Battles in France early October; signing of the Armistice November 11th; and "Order received for movement of the Division to Le Mans area, starting on December 28". The diary is 5 pages front sides only. Attached with the diary is General Orders No. 24. A.E.F. October 4, 1918 congratulating the unit for its exceptional service during the fighting in France early October; and General Orders No. 59, a congratulatory letter mentioning the cooperation with the French Army "with glory in the Chateau-Thierry offensive"; Typed document on letterhead from the "316th Train Headquarters & Military Police and Motor Transport Office 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces." Addressed A.P.O. 776 Belgium. December 25, 1918 from Commanding Officer Colonel M. E. Saville, U.S.A. to Corporal Oscar R. Clever. Paper has multiple folds, split at a fold, and a few tears with minimal loss. The document is a letter of "commendation" with faint signature of Colonel Saville; A copy of "G.H.Q. American Expeditionary Forces General Orders No. 33-A France, February 28, 1919". Paper folded twice with small closed edge tears and splits at the folds. Signed in facsimile by General John J. Pershing head of the American Expeditionary Forces this document thanks "My Fellow Soldiers" for their service in France. This copy was furnished to Oscar R. Clever and signed by his commanding officer; "Songs of the Soldiers and Sailors U.S." Issued by the Commissions on Training Camp Activities of the Army and Navy Departments. 62 pages. Frontispiece photograph and photograph in back. Some writing in pencil on the linen cover. Pages have light creasing and an occasional faint stain; and an embroidered, colored, handkerchief with the lettering "Souvenir of France." The linen handkerchief has stains and a few small holes. From wikipedia: The 91st Infantry Division (famously nicknamed as the "Wild West Division"[2] with a "Fir Tree" as its Division insignia to symbolize its traditional home of the Far West[3]) is an infantry division of the United States Army that fought in World War I and World War II. From 1946 until 2008, it was part of the United States Army Reserve. It was briefly inactivated from 2008 until 2010 when it was elevated back to a division size element as the 91st Training Division (Operations).[1] Constituted on 5 August 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington, near Tacoma, the division, commanded by Major General Henry Alexander Greene, soon thereafter departed for England in the summer of 1918. In September 1918, the division's first operation was in the St. Mihiel Offensive in France. Serving under the U.S. Army's V Corps, the division, now commanded by Major General William Johnston Jr., fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and successfully helped to destroy the German First Guard Division and continued to smash through three successive enemy lines.[1][4] Twelve days before the end of World War I, the division, as part of the VII Corps of the French Sixth Army, helped drive the Germans east across the Escaut River in the Battle of.